Alright guys - Last night I made some better quality and better supported curve templates with the router table. These ought to match up in height exactly to one another when I use them (maybe tomorrow?) In order to remove as many table-related variables as possible, I bought a brand new 1/2" particleboard piece (generally my router spoil-board), and set everything up on my tablesaw top. That's easily the flattest surface I have in the shop. The last detail to work out is supporting these big sheets of 3/4" MDF and locking the cabinet in place on the table top. Shouldn't be too hard, just need clamps and/or screws in the right place.
With the improved "version 2.0" tooling mostly complete, I spent tonight pretending I was the "Cake Boss" with Evercoat bodyfiller. My theory was to slather a few layers of this stuff on to build up the side of the cabinet that trimmed too deep, so then I can router off the excess to achieve a flat, level top surface again. I was satisfied with the right corner of that cabinet, so I left it "un-iced" as my reference surface for setting my router bit depth. Everything else got a decent coating to make sure I had at least the 1/8" of space built up that I needed to replace.
I'm letting all that stuff completely harden overnight. Instructions say it's good to sand within 20 minutes, but given how thick I laid it on (even though I gave it time between coats), I still want to let it set up overnight. I'll be sleeping anyway... Win/Win!




With the improved "version 2.0" tooling mostly complete, I spent tonight pretending I was the "Cake Boss" with Evercoat bodyfiller. My theory was to slather a few layers of this stuff on to build up the side of the cabinet that trimmed too deep, so then I can router off the excess to achieve a flat, level top surface again. I was satisfied with the right corner of that cabinet, so I left it "un-iced" as my reference surface for setting my router bit depth. Everything else got a decent coating to make sure I had at least the 1/8" of space built up that I needed to replace.
I'm letting all that stuff completely harden overnight. Instructions say it's good to sand within 20 minutes, but given how thick I laid it on (even though I gave it time between coats), I still want to let it set up overnight. I'll be sleeping anyway... Win/Win!
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